143 School of Art & Design
408 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-0855
The School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is seeking motivated artists and designers who are interested in being part of an intensive research-oriented MFA program.
New application deadline for MFA Studio and Design: January 15, 2012
The MFA Program of the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is committed to training artists and designers at the highest professional levels, offering a three-year MFA degree with specializations in Studio (Painting/Sculpture/New Media), Photography, Ceramics, Metal, Graphic Design, and a two-year MFA degree in Industrial Design. The MFA program at the University of Illinois emphasizes the development of individual or collaborative practice in preparation for careers in both fine arts and client based contexts, including gallery practice, product/media design, university research/education, public or community-based work, curatorial practice, performance or activism. MFA students at the University of Illinois are typically motivated, independent, and interested in contextualizing their traditional and non-traditional practices within a stimulating environment of rigorous interdisciplinary research and critique.
The School of Art + Design provides tuition waivers and stipends for its graduate students in the form of specifically named fellowships, graduate assistantships, teaching assistantships, and federal work-study. Teaching Assistants teach independently or with faculty for as much as two years of their time at the University of Illinois. Each student is provided with expansive studio space and 24-hour access to production facilities that include installation spaces, wood shops, computer labs, digital output labs, and a comprehensive equipment checkout system.
The University of Illinois MFA Graduate Faculty are nationally recognized artists and designers—active at the highest levels of academic, professional and creative production. Current faculty in the MFA Studio and Design programs include: Conrad Bakker, Luke Batten, Stephen Cartwright, Nan Goggin, Ryan Griffis, Kevin Hamilton, Patrick Hammie, Laurie Hogin, Ron Kovatch, Melissa Pokorny, Linda Robbennolt, Joel Ross, Tammie Rubin, Ernesto Scott, Joseph Squier, Billie Theide, Timothy Van Laar, Deke Weaver, Eric Benson, Jennifer Gunji-Ballsrud, Jimmy Luu, Matthew Peterson, Brad Tober, William Bullock, Deana McDonagh, Kevin Reeder, Cliff Shin, and David Weightman. For more information on the Graduate Programs in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, please contact Conrad Bakker, Graduate Studies Director: [email protected] or Marsha Biddle, Coordinator of Graduate Academic Affairs: [email protected] (217) 333-0642
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